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| (1) The Minister may, in consultation with the Chief Minister of a Province declare, by Order published in the Gazette, any area within the province as an " Industrial Area " : |
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| (2) The Regional Industry Service Committee appointed under section 18 for the region within which such Industrial Area falls, shall submit to the Commission plans and schemes for the provision of infrastructure for industries within such Industrial Area and the co-ordination of services and facilities within such industrial area. |
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| (3) The Minister may on the advice of the Commission, by Order published in the Gazette, approve any such plans and schemes as are submitted to the Commission under subsection (2). |
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| (4) Where a plan or scheme is approved under subsection (3) in respect of an Industrial Area, the Regional Industry Service Committee appointed for the region within which such Industrial Area falls shall be responsible for the implementation of such scheme or plan. |
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| (5) The Commission shall in consultation with the Urban Development Authority established under the Urban Development Authority Law, No. 41 of 1978, specify the standards in accordance with which any buildings or structures necessary for any such plan or scheme shall be erected or altered. |
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| (6) The authority empowered by any written law to grant approval for the erection or alteration of buildings in the area within which such plan or scheme is to be implemented shall grant approval for such erection or alteration if it is in accordance with the standards prescribed under subsection (5), notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law, and such approval shall be granted within eight weeks from the date on which the application for approval is made. |
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| (7) Where an application is made for the erection or alteration of any building for the purposes of any such plan or scheme, in an Industrial Area to the authority empowered by written law to grant such approval and such authority fails to grant such approval within eight weeks of such application, it shall be lawful for the Regional Industry Service Committee appointed for the region within which such Industrial Area fails to grant such approval in like manner as though references in such written law to the authority, officer or person empowered to grant such approval, were a reference to such committee. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts